Geography Test 2

Front 1

The water from the ocean is taken from the clouds. Evaporation.
Then it is the clouds that rain on the mountains that allow rivers to form and empty back in the ocean, and go in the soil. soil moisture is then distributed into ground water that goes to ocean.

Back 1

hydrologic cycle

Front 2

The amount of water vapor in the air at any one time and place is called?

Back 2

Humidity

Front 3

The ratio between the amount of water vapor in air of a given temperature and the maximum amount of vapor that the air could hold at that temperature.
The water vapor in our atmosphere

Back 3

Relative Humidity

Front 4

The temperature at which condensation is imminent.

Back 4

Dew point

Front 5

The equation for Relative Humidity is...

Back 5

water vapor content of air / maximum water vapor capacity of that air X100

Front 6

How much water something can hold is known as?

Back 6

Saturation

Front 7

T/F ... Warmer air has a larger capacity to hold moisture.

Back 7

True. Thats why its warmer in the south and stickier.

Front 8

As air temperature rises, relative humidity...

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Decreases (vice versa)

Front 9

What are the sources of moisture...

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Evaporation, Transpiration, Evapotranspiration, Wind

Front 10

Evaporation comes from

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Oceans

Front 11

Process where plants breathe.

Back 11

Transpiration

Front 12

Aggregation of water droplets, ice crystals, are both suspended in air

Back 12

Clouds

Front 13

thin, whispy clouds.
also known as horse tail clouds

Back 13

Cirrus CLouds

Front 14

Heaped puff balls. Usually found in good weather.

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Cumulus Clouds

Front 15

layered clouds. that are nearer to the ground. gray clouds. drizzle

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Stratus Clouds

Front 16

low lump clouds, with some visible blue

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Stratocumulus clouds

Front 17

Stratus Clouds, and Stratocumulus Clouds are known as ____ clouds.

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Low

Front 18

Altostratus, and Altocumulus clouds are known as ___ clouds.

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Middle

Front 19

These clouds look like cotton balls, but with sharp outlines, and a flat base.

Back 19

Cumulus Clouds

Front 20

Tower like clouds, heavy dense clouds. Thunderstorm clouds. Very Dark

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Cumulonimbus Clouds

Front 21

Cumulus Clouds and Cumulonimbus Clouds are known as ____ clouds.

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High

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Cloud that forms very near the ground. Air has been cooled and cannot be less than the dew point

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Fog

Front 23

Helps sustain vegetation and animals along desert coastlines where fog occurs.
These desert places rely on fog.

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Drip Factor

Front 24

(Type of fog)
Horizontal transport of air.
Warm air over cold surface.
Common over oceans

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Advection Fog

Front 25

(type of fog)
Fog produced by radiation cooling.

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Radiation Fog

Front 26

(type of fog)
Forms when air moves up mountainous or hilly regions, and eventually cools to condensation

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Upslope Fog

Front 27

This happens in tropical and subtropical oceans.
Warm and humid
High temperatures and humidity, cumulus clouds.
Coming from Pacific and Atlantic Oceans South.

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Maritime Tropical (mT)

Front 28

This happens in deserts and dry plateaus of subtropical latitudes.
Hot and very dry.
High Temperatures, low humidity, clear skies, rare precipitation.
cT

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Continental Tropical (cT)

Front 29

Comes from oceans between 40 degrees and 60 degrees latitude.
Ascending air and general instability.
Mild temperatures, high humidity. overcast skies, and frequent fogs and precipitation.
Comes from northeast and northwest to america

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Maritime Polar (mP)

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Cold and Dry air.
plains and plateaus of subpolar and polar latitudes (alaska)
Cool summer to very cold winter. low humidity, clear skies except along fronts.

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Continental Polar (cP)

Front 31

Arctic Regions, Greenland and Antarctica.
Very cold and dry
Seldom reaches United States.

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Continental Arctic (cA)

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(cA)

Back 32

very cold and dry

Front 33

(cP)

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Cold and dry

Front 34

(mP)

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cool and moist

Front 35

(mT)

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warm and moist

Front 36

(cT)

Back 36

hot and dry

Front 37

Indicated by a blue triangle
Causes cold air to overtake warmer air
Causes more severe weather, like thunderstorms

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Cold Front

Front 38

Warm air replaces cold air
Indicated by red bubbles
Causes precipitation

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Warm Front

Front 39

Doesn’t move
Contains blue triangle + red bubbles on opposite sides.

Back 39

Stationary Fronts

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Fast moving cold front overtake
Warm front causing it to shut off

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Occluded Front

Front 41

(March 18, 1925)
695 people (Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana)

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U.S.'s worst tornado

Front 42

This allows the classifying hurricane intensity and potential damage by assigning a category from 1 to 5 based on a combination of central pressure, wind speed, and potential height of its storm surge.

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Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale

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Tropical (temperature) (nasty hot weather, brazil rainforest)

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Tropical & Humid – temperature exceed 64 every month (A)

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Average annual precipitation is under 30 inches.
Arizona is an example of this type of region.
Hot but dry region

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Dry (B)

Front 45

Average coldest temperature 27-64; warmest above 50
(Mesothermal)

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Mild Mid-Latitude (C)

Front 46

Severe cold (mid latitude)
Cleveland Weather
4-8 months of temperatures above 50 degrees

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Microthermal (severe winter) climate (D)

Front 47

Temperatures don't exceed 50 degrees

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Polar Climate (E)

Front 48

various climates based on elevation differences.

Back 48

Highland Climates (H)

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(f)

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Wet

Front 50

(m)

Back 50

monsoon

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(w)

Back 51

savannah

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(s)

Back 52

Steppe

Front 53

B associates itself with what letters for Steppe Region

Back 53

(Sh, Sk)

Front 54

B associates itself with what letters for Desert Region

Back 54

(Wh, and Wk)

Front 55

C associates itself with what letters for Mediterranean regions?

Back 55

(sa, sb)

Front 56

C associates itself with what letters for Humid Subtropical Regions

Back 56

(fa)

Front 57

C associates itself with what letters for marine west coast regions

Back 57

(fb, fc)

Front 58

Humid continental, hot summer

Back 58

Dfa, Dwa

Front 59

Humid continental, mild summer

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(dfb, dwb)

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Subarctic

Back 60

(dfc, dfd, dwc, dwd)

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Tundra

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(ET)

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Ice sheet

Back 62

(EF)

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Climate Controls

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Topography, Continentality, Latitude

Front 64

The impact of a large landmass on climate and weather patterns

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Continentality

Front 65

Determines the amount and intensity of sunlight received in a given area

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Latitude